A Journey To Remember

Our lepak spot on first night stranded at Dublin Airport on 21 December 2010.

The scene as early as 4 a.m. in the morning.

Workers cleaning up snow from the plane.

Snow white!

Finally! Leaving on plane to home!!!

Thanks for those who concerned. It was Dublin to London to Paris to Kuala Lumpur. Day 1 stranded at Dublin airport. Day 2 stranded at London airport. Day 3 stranded in Paris. Had bus, flight, coach & ferry (to Paris), then coach & flight again. 4 days 4 nights (instead of a half day) of EVENTFUL journey. Due to adverse weather, but it was all God's will. Alhamdulillah now in Malaysia, I am home!!! :D

Ada Kalanya

Ada kalanya kita terlupa,
bahawa manusia itu insan.

Ada kalanya kita terlupa,
bahawa manusia tak kan pernah sempurna,

Dan adakalanya kita terlupa,
bahawa manusia itu tidak bebas dari kesalahan.

Terima kasih Tuhan,
Mengingati Mu sentiasa memberiku ketenangan....




Disember 2010.

Obstetrics & Gynaecology : 18 Oct - 26 Nov 2010

Once upon a time, few days before Halloween...

a gang of groovy medical students were chilling out...with a help, and idea originally from their lovely student coordinator.

They acted and presented a case of a helpless pregnant lady who gave birth to a cat! And make the nice lady consultant, Dr. Kennelly laughed. Because it was 'trick or treat' time ;)

In memory of the National Maternity Hospital in 'Horror' Street.

Among all the 4 sub-specialties, I am most grateful to have completed this module. I have always been comfortable and look forward for Obs & Gynae. Not only that it is a medicine sub-specialty that only deal with women, but also because it covers both medical and surgical part. And I always thought that pregnancy is a beautiful mystery itself.

There is one thing will be well remembered by all. Only those who had experience with him- Prof-u-know-who, could understand the anxious, the stress, the dismay, the tears...

I just don't understand why people choose to be difficult with their students (and other sub-coordinates too). What attitude could we have as privilege to our Professorial standard that distinguish us from others?? NONE!

As a consequences, I never heard any of my classmates who wants to become an Obstetrics & Gynecologist. And if this persists throughout years in UCD medical students generation, Ireland could suffer from lack of Obstetrics & Gynecologist in the future, at the end of the spectrum.

But I still appreciate these people. He is my teacher. He is a great teacher. He wants us to be good doctors. I know all that. Otherwise if they he isn't, he would never meet us in the first place.

Even though the 6 weeks journey was tough, but it did not make me hesitate. If things go accordingly throughout my career time, if there's a chance, I will happily consider to make it into this line.

And now, slowly I fold all the memories in a corner in my little heart. No matter thick or thin, my fellow classmates and I will color our days cheerfully, and this is for sure... :)

Indeed, God is great...thank you Allah.

Psychiatry : 6 Sept - 15 Oct 2010

I know I should have written my Psychiatry entry earlier, but I was occupied after the examination, then it is only now- two months post rotation, that it could be completed.

So let me start this with a ':)'.

I never liked Psychiatry. I always had problems to enjoy Psychiatry. 6 weeks rotation of Psychiatry did not change much of how and what I see the world of Psychiatry. But there is one thing for sure that I noticed in me- I can tolerate Psychiatry now, as part of Medicine.

Amongst all experiences by the bed side, I just hated it that it took me my weekend- Saturday and Sunday, to be on ward chasing after patients just to get their history completed. But I hate it most to have patients who eventually refused, especially when I come to the hospital just to see them on weekend, after we made appointment earlier on.





Thank God, only 3 histories are required for presentation. And that counts for our assessment, apart from the OSCE exam, the MCQ and a reflective essay. Thats it.

Having completed the task, but without knowing our results yet, I would say that our MCQ, and OSCE were not fair. I feel that it was at the MRCPsych standard.

But alas, thats how it went...

So no more Psychiatry after this.

And this make me ':)' again.

Summer 2010

The summer is ending. I am going back to Dublin tomorrow.

I had a lovely summer this year. And I am going to bring the memory back to Dublin too.

Good bye Malaysia...see you again next year.

GP & Geriatrics : 17 May - 25 June 2010

Some photos of the memory...they are just too good to be forgotten!



My evening walk company over the week stay at Dr. Kenny's place- Molly!



Ted...another great host who always play around my foot.



Dr. Grace Kenny is keeping Ben healthy after some wild grass grazing!



The other three of Dr. Kenny's sweetheart- Ben, Roxy, and J-Z.






Daniel is showing the place around...the view of the mountain from their mansion.



Another evening walk.



GP takes in!



The D2 group! From left: Sumanth, Muireann, Azuwa, and me :)

Paediatrics: 5 April - 14 Mei 2010

Anak-anak kecil.

Ibu-bapa.

Doktor dan jururawat.

Tiga golongan ini mewarnai hidup saya dalam tempoh 6 minggu ini. Macam-macam perasaan yang bermain dikalbu.

Seronok dan tenang - melihat anak-anak kecil bermata biru dan bulat, berpipi merah dan tembam, berambut halus dan sedikit serabut, berbibir mugil dan tidak henti berceloteh pula...
Masyaallah, sungguh membahagiakan...

Tercabar - dengan peraturan ntah hape2 Garda yang menyusahkan sekalian jiwa-jiwa muda yang sungguh bersemangat untuk berlatih History Taking dan Physical Examination. Katanya, jika kami hendak berurusan dengan pesakit di wad nanti, kami perlu mangangkat sumpah di hadapan Pesuruhjaya Sumpah dan mengaku bahawa kami ini bebas dari sebarang jenayah. Walaupun setiap seorang daripada kami sudah pun mengangkat sumpah 4 minggu yang lalu, namun di pihak UCD pula kedengarannya masih belum menyelesaikan perkara ini bersama pihak Garda. Doktor-doktor senior juga tidak nampak di mana bahayanya jika kami pergi ke wad, berjumpa pesakit dan berbuat seperti kebiasaannya. Sehinggakan akak-akak nurse turut berasa kesal dengan nasib pelajar perubatan sehingga berkata, 'This is so disgraceful! What's the point of you guys coming in to hospital if you cannot approach patients!'

Dan saya pula, kadang-kadang secara senyap-senyap dan selamba akan masuk ke wad dan berbuat apa yang sepatutnya kami buat. Susah juga kalau terlalu lurus ikut peraturan yang menyusahkan ni kan? Oppsss!

Terhibur - melihat gelagat ibu-bapa yang setia dan sabar melayan kerenah anak-anak mereka. Fitrah anak-anak yang sememangnya banyak bertanya dilayan dengan penuh kasih-sayang. Sifat ingin tahu anak-anak mereka ini diraikan dengan baik. Ibu-bapa seolah-olah kawan karib anak-anak. Lain pula halnya jika di Malaysia- 'Shh...kan mak tengah bercakap dengan makcik ni...jangan menyampuk cakap orang tua-tua.' Dan dialog yang seumpamanya. Perbezaannya jelas jika dibandingkan dengan cara ibu-bapa di Malaysia melayan kerenah anak-anak.

Teruja tetapi takot! - dek kerana banyaknya topik yang perlu dibaca dalam masa 6 minggu ini. Jika 'adult's medicine' dipelajari dalam tempoh 2 tahun, tetapi 'children's medicine' ini harus dikuasai dalam masa 5 minggu ini sahaja kerana peperiksaan akhir Paediatrics adalah pada minggu ke 6.

Dan akhir sekali...

Tertekan - apa lagi kalau bukan kerana Dublin Bus. Bus 18 yang saya naiki setiap hari tidak kerap, dan bukan pula selalu 'on time'. Tetapi mujurlah tak perlu bertukar dua bas. Selama setengah jam tepat perjalanan ke Crumlin, dan sebahagian besar daripada masa ini saya akan tertidur, terutama dalam perjalanan pulang di petang hari.



Walau apapun, semoga setiap hari saya dapat mempelajari ilmu yang bermanfaat, agar suatu hari nanti saya dapat beramal pula dengannya. InsyaAllah.

End of Res Year SVUH 2010

'Which year are you guys in?' a doctor in our team would ask.

We would happily answer, 'We are the third year students..'

'Oh you are still babies..' he would reply with a friendly smile.

And we grinned.

But that was last year. Now, we are no longer babies...they now call us young doctors who should know every single thing of what a doctor should know. Today, we are only 3 days away from our final written Medicine and Surgery exam!

And today, 26th March 2010, at 4 p.m. we ended the res year with Dr. Seery's teaching who received applauses from the class in St. Vincent's Lecture Theatre at the end of our tutorial. Another episode is accomplished... Alhamdulillah.

It is time to push ourselves to the limit, or beyond it. May Allah show us the way...amin.

Struggle time~ Lets bring it on!! :)

A Place Called Wexford

I was here, in a place called Wexford from 15th February to 5th March 2010. Mary, the student coordinator put me under Dr. Yousif, the endocrine and general medicine team. Three boring weeks I had, is all I could say...





I had quite a nice stay with Mrs. Breda Ogrady. Even though a friend of mine said that she still needs to go for a training! Hahaha..









And now I am always happy to be back in Dublin again. The only thing that hinder the happiness is our upcoming final med written and OSCE exam for Medicine and Surgery. In three weeks they are.

Surgery B 2010

Group F2, SVUH

Breast Endocrine : 4-8 January 2010

General : 11-15 January 2010 (Wexford General Hospital)

Cardiothoracic : 18-22 January 2010

Plastic Reconstuction : 25-29 January 2010

Hepatobiliary : 1-5 February 2010

Trauma & Orthopaedics : 8-12 February 2010


This is our schedule for Surgery B term. I just finished my 2nd week in Wexford General Hospital. It was relax because many patients cancelled their surgery due to bad sombre wintery weather in Wexford. It was quiet because the team I had was not a great one. It was dull because apparently I just knew that the weird SHO had a big fight with the lovely intern early in the week. Now it makes sense why I could hardly see them smile and talk to each other. And the registrar seems incompetence at some point.

The intern is just in her second week with the team, and she has another ten long weeks left. With no friends around, in such a small and isolated hospital, and your teammates are just as bad as the weather, I would never be happy as Michelle does now.

Hmm. I think I just had a weird team there, and thank God I am now back in St Vincent University Hospital.